Composing-stick



UNTTED STATES PATENT EETEE.

JAMES A. KEYES, OE NEW vonk, N.`Y.,AssiGNOR TO N. s. PEEKINsOE NEWLONDON, CONNECTICUT.

COMPOSlNG-STICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,428, dated December4, 1894.

Application filed May 11, 1894. Serial No. 510,854. (No model.)

.To a/Z whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JAMES A. KEYES, a citizen of the United States,residin g at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inComposing-Sticks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in composing sticks, and the`objects of my im` ro provement are simplicity and economy inconstruction and efficiency in use.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of my composingstick. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the same on the line.fr .fr of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a reverse plan view of the slide with oneside in hori- Zontal section and with one washer and screw removed inorder to better show the eccentric, and Fig. 4 is a plan view on thesaine zo scale as Fig. 1, of the blank from which the slide is made.

My invention is in the nature of an improvement upon the inventionpatented to Albert M. White, January 7, 1890, and num-.

bered 418,858, in which he employed a compressibleslide in connectionwith means for forcing the same upon opposite edges of the stick. Insaid patent the slide was compressible by being composed of two partswhich slid one upon the other. In my improvements, I make the ends ofthe slide yielding so that they may be compressed without any slidingmovement, and whereby I am enabled to construct the slide of one pieceof sheet metal.

` 3 5 The body of the stick A is or may be of any I construct the slidei 4 5 posite edges of the stick or body A, wings or iianges are turneddown to form the front end 8 and rear end 7, the lower edge of each ofsaid ends being turned under, as at 8a Fig. 2, to take in under the bodyof the stick as 5o shown. These ends being formed of sheet metal areslightly flexible, thereby forming a compressible slide. A lug 9 isturned down from or formed upon the inside of the end 8, upon which topivot the link 10 by means of the screw 11. On the inside of the top orbody 5, I secure a fulcrum block 12 in any proper manner, as forexample, by means of the screw 13, and upon this fulcrurn block I pivotthe operating lever 14., said lever being provided on its under sidewith an eccentric 15, 6o which eccentric is received by one end of thelink 10. The link and lever may be held upon the fulcrum block 12 inanysuitable manner, as for example, by means of the washer 16 and holdingscrew 17, which washer and screw are omitted from Fig. 3 in order tobetter illustrate the other parts.

The top or body of the stick 5 is formed from the middle portion 5 ofthe blank, Fig. 4, and the facing flange or side 6 is formed 7o from thewing 6, while the front end is formed from the wing 8 and the rear endfrom the wing 7, the parts being bent up substantially on the brokenlines 20, 2l and 18, while the iianges 8 are bent over substantially onthe 75 broken lines 19 of said Fig. 4. The lug 9 is cut out from thebody of the wing 8,`as at 9 in Fig. 4. The eccentric and link are soadjusted that when the lever handle 14 is turned into theposition shownin the drawings, the 8o yielding ends of the slide B are broughtforcibly against the Opposite edges of the stick A so as to hold thesame firmly in the position set. By throwing the lever handle 14.backward, as indicated by broken lines in Fig. l, the eccentric isthrown into such a position as to release the ends 7 and 8 of the slideand permit them to swing outwardly'sufliciently to slide along easily toany desired point upon the stick when they may be again fastened byreturning the lever to its former position.

`It should be noted that the front end 8 of the slide B is so formed(see Fig. 2) as to press only on the bottom portion of the body or istick so as not to deiiect the vertical iiange that extends along oneedge thereof.

While I prefer to employ the eccentric and link for drawing the ends ofthe slide together, it is evident that my flexible slide may be used inconnection with any ordinary roo means for forcing its ends together. Itis also evident that the ends could be forced together if only one ofthem was flexible. Furthermore my specific means for drawing the ends ofthe slide together are not necessarily limited to the particular slideshown.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination with the body of a composingstick, of a slide having a flexible end and means for forcing its endsagainst the opposite side ed ges of the stick, substantially asdescribed and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination with the body of a composing stick, of the sheetmetal slide made in one piece, and means for deflecting the end piecesof said slide for binding them upon'the opposite edges of the stick,substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of the body of the coinposing stick with thecompressible slide B JAMES A. KEYES.

Witnesses:

J AMES H. LAMPHEAR, FREDRICK H. RUSSELL.

